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2.5.5.4 Times http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#times There is a note disallowing the representation of leap seconds. This poses a potential problem for applications sensitive to leap seconds. Should the values be allowed, even if later processing does not deal with it?
EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: No, that would just cause massive confusion to all the people who don't deal with them (which is basically everyone).